sillë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *čīlā-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷih₁-tl-éh₂, from *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest; rest, peace”). Compare English while, Latin tranquillus, Sanskrit चिर (cirá).

Noun

sillë f (plural silla, definite silla, definite plural sillat)

1. (old) food brought out in the morning to a farmer working in the field
2. breakfast

Declension

Declension of sillë

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	sillë	silla	silla	sillat
accusative			sillën
dative	silleje	sillave	sillës	sillave
ablative		sillash

Derived terms

• silloj

Related terms

• esëll